Overordnede kursusmål
The course aims at giving participants a foundation in basic
economic concepts that are essential to understanding the interplay
between international economic development, financial markets and
business risk.
Læringsmål
En studerende, der fuldt ud har opfyldt kursets mål, vil kunne:
- Discern key macro- and microeconomic mechanisms and forces, and
anticipate their impact on an industry or company
- Organize and relate key concepts in macroeconomics, monetary
and fiscal policy, and financial markets
- Understand the interplay between financial markets, financial
institutions, and the business cycle in the real economy
- Interpret current developments in economics brought by AI
- Apply microeconomic tools to explain industry and competitive
dynamics
- Appraise decisions on production, pricing, and the value of
information from a microeconomic perspective
- Reflect on the limitations of economics as a discipline, and
discuss forward-looking perspectives that broaden the scope of
economic thinking
- Become familiar with some of today’s most significant
economists and thought-leaders
Kursusindhold
Today’s business leaders are expected to have an informed, current,
and strategic perspective on the economic performance of a wide
range of countries. And they are expected to read the forces at
play fast, even as economists themselves are not in agreement on
the direction of the economy or the decisions that monetary
authorities and governments should make.
On an industry level, competition takes different shapes and can
constraint the strategic options of companies. Executives need a
grasp of archetypal industry dynamics, economic methods for
optimizing production, costs, pricing to customers as well as
transfer pricing to inform their strategic and operational
decisions.
This course will deepen your understanding of the interplay between
international economic developments, financial markets and business
risks, and survey various industry dynamics as well as profit
optimization principles. It will cover the main issues addressed by
economists and the models they use to think them through, giving
you a mechanistic understanding rather than a predictive,
quantitative set of equations directly applicable to any situation.
We will also discuss the impact of AI.
Finally, economics as a discipline comes with limitations that
should be acknowledged. Some provoking, sometimes controversial
ideas proposed as beach heads to renew and expand our economic
thinking will be discussed.
Sidst opdateret
21. april, 2026
